In the most recent Tough Love Tuesday, Coach Caroline gave a truth smackdown that as runners, we ARE athletes. Today, Coaches Valerie and Caroline expand on this. Do you have what it takes to win a marathon or even get started on this path?

Timestamps of big takeaways

Mindset

[00:32] You don’t have to be an “elite” athlete to train for runs. It’s not really the right attitude to think only elite runners do those kinds of things.

[01:15] Many of us start running as leisure runners, age group runners, or runners who want to finish, not to win. No prior experience is required to enter a race, and there are no prerequisites. So, while most of us start running by joining a running group, just a few of us be ...